print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1868,0822.1499
Title: Object: Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla; Series: Hudibras
Description: Plate 5: Hudibras is sprawled on the ground with Trulla, a large country-woman, astride him fending off angry villagers, including a cobbler and a butcher, wielding clubs; to left, Ralpho is held by a man with a rope and another with a sword. 1726; this impression c.1735 Etching and engraving
Producer name: Print made by: William Hogarth; Published by: Philip Overton
School/style
Production date: 1726; 1735 (c.)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 265 millimetres; Width: 344 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Paulson 1989 / Hogarth's Graphic Works: third edition (86.III); Paulson 1965/70 / Hogarth's graphic works: first complete edition (77.III); BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (508)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; non-conformist; women/feminism; peasant/villager; butcher; cobbler/shoemaker; fighting/brawling
Associated names
Associated events: Associated Event: Commonwealth 1649-1660
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,0822.1499

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